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Gautam Gambhir pledges to help the family of Delhi Police constable who died due to COVID-19

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 8, 2020 16:07 IST

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The number of coronavirus patients in the country has reached 56,409 and 16,790 patients have been cured. 1890 people lost their lives. This includes health workers, doctors, and police.
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Doctors and police are working day and night to fight the corona virus. Because of them, ordinary citizens are safe in their own homes. However, some policemen lost their lives.
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Recently, Amit Kumar, a constable from New Delhi, lost his life to the coronavirus. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has taken a big step by saluting his sacrifice.
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Former cricketer and BJP MP Gambhir has always come forward to fight the coronavirus. He gave Rs 1 crore to the Delhi government.
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He also decided to donate two years' salary to the Prime Minister's Assistance Fund. He is also distributing PPE masks through Gautam Gambhir Foundation.
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The Gautam Gambhir Foundation is also distributing food to the needy. Gautam has retired from international cricket in 2018 is now into his second innings of sorts as a politician. Gautam Gambhir, who is a Member of Parliament from East Delhi, won the Lok Sabha 2019 elections as a BJP candidate from his constituency by a big margin of 695,109 votes despite being a first-time participant.
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The 2011 Cricket World Cup hero is renowned for his generous nature and has time and again proved it with his noble gestures. Gautam Gambhir has once again done a deed that will restore everyone's faith in humanity.
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A few days ago, he himself conducted the funeral of his housemaid. Gambhir did a great job as he could not reach her family due to the lockdown.
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Gautam Gambhir has come forward to help the family of Amit Kumar, the 31-year-old Delhi Police constable who lost the battle to coronavirus recently. On Wednesday afternoon, Amit Kumar's report came back positive as he suffered from breathlessness, fever and cough.
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A few hours after the tragedy took place, Gautam Gambhir took to Twitter where he announced that he would look after the deceased Delhi Police official Amit Kumar's child. The 38-year old wrote that his foundation, 'Gautam Gambhir Foundation' would take care of Amit Kumar's child’s complete education.
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